Bush and Prayer

President Bush, at the National Prayer Breakfast Thursday, said praying has helped him bear the strains of the Oval Office.

"I believe in the power of prayer, because I have felt it in my own life," Bush said at the annual National Prayer Breakfast. "It has helped me meet the challenges of the presidency. I understand now clearly the story of the calm in the rough seas."

The breakfast is staged without government funding every year by the Fellowship Foundation, an evangelical Christian group. About 2,800 people crowded into the Hilton Washington's International Ballroom for this year's event, according to the AP.